Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Yurbuds - Bringing New Inspiration To Your Training

Although this blog post today isn't about a particular sports injury, rehab exercise, stretch or related nutrition...it is about something that helps my training-and I suspect your training too. Before I started training for triathlon I absolutely hated running. A friend agreed and said he found that running was much more tolerable when listening to his Ipod. I tried it and started to enjoy it just a tad more. But along with that came the annoying headphones. None of them seem to fit right. The ones that did seem to eventually become to uncomfortable or they didn't fit well and caused a loss of the dynamic range and depth of the music. Or, the sweat would ruin the earphone and I'd have to stop, tap it out and maybe it would work. Either way, the headphones would deliver so-so sound and would often irritate me through the remainder of my training.

Well, apparently Ironman athlete Seth Burgett had some problems with his earphones too. While training for the Ironman he would find that his ears hurt more than the rest of his body. This inspired him and to redesign the earphone and he ended up creating a better fitting ergonomic design. Form meets function with a design that avoids the nerve rich areas of the ear, delivers great sound and doesn't fall out. With that in mind, Yurbuds were born.

Yurbuds Ironman Inspire Pro - This Is What I Have!

Last month I was taping athletes at the ING Miami Marathon & Half Marathon. After taping about 200 athletes I took a much needed break to grab a bite to eat and walked around the expo hall. I passed this booth with some interesting looking red headphones and stopped to inquire. After speaking to a nice young lady for a couple minutes, she sized up my ear and pulled out a set of Yurbuds, plugged it into my Iphone and cranked the tunes. They sounded spectacular! Being a musician I really appreciate good sound, which is why I typically only listen with my Bose Quite Comforts at home; but these Yurbuds sounded amazing. I jumped around to see if I could shake them loose and they wouldn't budge. I whipped out my credit card and bought them on the spot.

Since then I continue to train for the Nautica South Beach Triathlon on April first. I'm running 6+ miles, biking 90-120 minutes and through it all, the Yurbuds deliver incredible sound and don't budge throughout the entire workout-sweat and all! And although I wear my yurbuds when riding my indoor bike trainer, I still don't wear any headphones when cycling on the road. I want to hear all cars and other road noises.

So if music drives you and inspires you when training, you've got to give these yurbuds a shot. I've had them for a month now and am very impressed with the sound, the quality and the design. They perform as expected. Don't you wish everything you purchased did the same?

To cover all bases, for those that use a headset to talk on their cellphone there's a version with a microphone as well.

It's a great product that keeps me rockin' through my workouts! You can check out yurbuds at www.yurbuds.com. Enjoy your music & your training.

About Me

Dr. Todd
M. Narson graduated from Logan College of Chiropractic in 1990 and is a Diplomate
of the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians (DACBSP). One
of only 240 DACBSPs in the country; 1 of 10 in Florida and the only one
practicing in Miami-Dade County, FL. . In 2011 Dr Narson was granted
anInternational Chiropractic Sports
Science Diploma (ICSSD)by
the International Federation of Sports Chiropractic (F.I.C.S.) and is the only
chiropractor in South Florida with such international credential.Dr.
Narson was a member of the COPAG international sports medicine team at the XVI
Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, October 2011.During his tenure at the Pan
American Games, he worked with teams from all over the Western hemisphere
including Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Peru
& Mexico.

Dr.
Narson has lived in South Florida for over 30 years. He is a 2-term
past president of the Florida Chiropractic Association’s Council on Sports
Injuries, Physical Fitness & Rehabilitation and has been on their governing
board for 8+ years. He was honored as the recipient of the coveted Chiropractic
Sports Physician of the Year award in 1999-2000.

Dr.
Narson was also a credentialed treating physician in the Poly-Clinics at the20th
Central American & All Caribbean Sport Games (XX Juegos Deportivos
CentroAmricanos Y Del Caribe), Cartegena, Colombia.

Dr.
Narson in inventor and developer of the Narson Body Mechanic N6, a soft tissue
"multi-tool" used for Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilizations
techniques such as FAKTR and others. He has been an M1 & M2 certified
Graston Technique(r) provider for the past 10 years and is trained in FAKTR
advanced soft tissue mobilization & rehabilitation techniques.

Along with Allen Miller, Dr. Narson has co-authored the paper: Protocols
For Proprioceptive Active Re-Training Boards (balance boards).
Published in Chiropractic Sports Medicine Magazine; the Journal of the American
Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians, Vol 9, No. 2, May 1995 pp 52-55.

Having
chiropractors associated with hospitals was unheard of here in Florida until
1994 when a small group of chiropractors were credentialed here in South
Florida. As some of the first chiropractors in the country to have such
privileges, Dr. Narson was part of the original group accepted into the
Chiropractic Division at Golden Glades Regional Medical Center.

Coining
the term: “Natural Sports Medicine” Dr. Narson has been
educating personal trainers at local gyms and health clubs for several years in
including well known clubs such as Club Body Tech, Crunch & David
Barton’s (Original) Gym in South Beach.

He was medical director
for the 1998 Pan American Race Walk Cup held in Downtown Miami
&

He also served as Medical
team member and treating physician for the 1999 Pan American Tae Kwon Do
Regional qualification Tournament for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games

Meet Director/treating
physician for the Sydney 2000 Para-Olympic Qualifier/USA Open-Power
lifting held in North Miami.

In
1994 Dr. Narson was asked to join the professional boxing team of Don
King’s light weight contender: Lamar “COSHISE” Murphy and was named
“Team Physician”. Providing the fighter with performance enhancement training
techniques, nutrition and chiropractic care, Dr. Narson worked with the boxing
trainers and traveled with team COCHISE Murphy around the country during his
1995 quest for the WBC lightweight title.

Coors
Lite, Gatorade, Jose’ Cuervo and Jiffy Lube were a few
of the sponsors of large sporting events such as beach volleyball, triathlons
and professional NASCAR racing that have credentialed Dr.
Narson as an on-site treating physician. Dr. Narson has also been
included on the sports medicine teams at the Miami Grand Prix, the Florida
Sunshine State Games as well as other national and international
sports competitions.

Dr.
Narson has had the privilege of being invited to treat the cast and crews of
the Broadway Shows: Les Miserables, The Rockettes, & Damn Yankees. To
date, Dr. Narson has spent over 1000 hours working “on field” with athletes at
various sporting events from local regional athletes, to world class Olympians
& professionals.

Sports
medicine is on the cutting edge of healthcare, Dr. Narson uses his experience
and education with athletes and sports injuries to treat all patients, not just
athletes. Dr. Narson feels everyone deserves the knowledge of a
sports medicine physician, because everyone, in their own way is an athlete as
some level.

Dr.
Narson practices in Miami Beach with his partner and wife, Dr. Corey
Narson. Drs. Narson has lived in Miami Beach since 1993 where they
also raise their children.

Dr. Narson is an active triathlete and member of the South Florida Triathletes Hammerheads triathlon club. He is holds a 1st dan blackbelt in shotokan karate.